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BMS 34010C - Bioinformatics types of data, measures of central metabolic disorders such as diabetes
Credits Hours: 3 tendency, measures of dispersion, mellitus, metabolic syndrome and
Prerequisite: BMS 23010C confidence intervals, correlations and obesity will be discussed. The course
regressions used in public health and also will examine the screening
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary environmental health and safety. and diagnostic procedures used in
field of study, which aims at finding assessing these disorders, including
new links and associations between BMS 3470B - Clinical basal metabolic and functional
the structural and functional Biochemistry I investigations, next-generation
hierarchies of biomolecules and Credit Hours: 3 sequencing (NGS), and post-mortem
enhances students’ understanding Prerequisite: BMS 23110B analysis.
of health and disease. This course
will expose the students to using The Clinical Biochemistry I is a major BMS 34210A - Immunology I
high throughput methods requiring course for Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Credit hours: 3
standalone, public domain software and Molecular & Medical Genetics Prerequisites: BMS 23010C
and cloud computing. This will (MMG) programs to prepare students
allow them to retrieve and analyze for future careers in their fields. The Immunology I course is a major
biological data from different This course encompasses the study course for Biomedical Sciences (BMS)
bioinformatics repositories to of fundamental disease processes, and Molecular & Medical Genetics
produce new meaningful information. diagnostic tools, and management (MMG) programs. This course
In this course the students would plans. includes a comprehensive description
learn how to work on genomics, BMS3470B provides comprehensive of some basic aspects of immunology
proteomics data and determine coverage of the metabolic and clinical from defining the various cell types
the role of genetic variabilities in aspects of biochemistry. It includes involved in immune responses, the
evolution of biomolecules and topics related to the following: clinical molecular pathways of humoral and
organisms. The knowledge and skills laboratory tests, various human cell-mediated adaptive responses, to
gained in this course would help homeostasis systems, pregnancy, and the interaction between the immune
students in providing insight in their tumor markers. Several conditions system and pathogens. The abnormal
research and health management. ranging from diabetes, disorders functioning of the immune system
including some autoimmune diseases
HMG 399 - Epidemiology and of calcium and iron metabolisms, will also be covered. Some commonly
Public Health Genetics disorders of hypothalamus and used techniques in immunology will
pituitary gland, abnormalities of
Credit Hours: 3 thyroid function, to renal disease, liver be explored in this course.
Prerequisite: HSC 210 disease, and cardiovascular disorders BMS 34110A - Neurobiology I
The course examines how genes are explored in this course. Students Credit Hours: 3
will be trained to critically assess case
and environmental factors interact studies related to each disorder using Prerequisite: BMS 302
to influence health and disease the method of Team Based Learning
in human populations. Training (TBL). The course introduces the
in genetic epidemiology focuses fundamentals of neuronal
on methods to identify genetic BMS 34110B - Metabolic Disease architecture, neuronal excitability and
diseases and their interactions I synaptic functions, sensory systems,
with environmental exposures Credit Hours: 3 circadian rhythms, perception and
in populations. For example, the learning. This course demonstrates
increase in incidence of total versus Prerequisite: BMS 23110C in-depth understanding of the major
specific cancers within a geographical This course introduces metabolic stages, structures and the processes
area can be due to infectious agents diseases, ranging from inborn underlying the development of the
(i.e. virus), environmental toxins and/ errors of metabolism in newborns human nervous system, illustrating
or familial predisposition. to other diseases linked with the consequences of the disruption
HSC 205 - Biostatistics altered metabolism in adults. The of these processes. The course
also considers the principles and
course discusses deficiencies in
Credit Hours: 3 enzymes involved in the metabolism applications of genetic analysis in
Prerequisite: STT 100 of carbohydrates, proteins and diagnosing neural diseases including
This course introduces students amino acids, lipid, fatty acids, and behavioral dysfunctions and cognitive
diseases.
to population health statistics. cholesterol, and their association
The course covers sources and with the state of the disease. Etiology,
prevention and treatments of

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